Wireless security is a hot and very large topic. One of the first golden rule is to not broadcast your SSID. This is not sufficient enough to protect your network. Wi-Fi security will not be covered here (good articles are available online). The “Service Set IDentifier” or SSID helps, like the name suggests, to identify the available networks in the neighborhood:
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The SSID is a string of maximum 32 ASCII characters and has to be definedcustomized by the network administrator. Even if broadcasting is not recommenced, a lot of adminsgeeks are very inspired in the choice of a nice or funny SSID. Here is a list of my preferred values found while surfing the Net:
NotForYou GetYourOwn WardriversOpenAP GET LOST HackedAP SecureAP TOP_SECRET HoneyPot FxxxOff S0n0fAB1tch AP Above Room 132 22 (streetname) Boobs Doesnt work You'reTooLameToHackThis plzdonthackme conerror Vince Still Needs A Job Scan My Network and Die SILENTWATCHER IM_WATCHING_U Call-xxx-xxxxxx-4axs allmybasearebelong2u WeHaveBeer-206 RickJohnsonIsHot ,l,, ,,l, Not Available k33p0ut NO FREE INTERNET FOR YOU ASSHOLE FreeDonkeyPr0n WHAT_ARE_YOU_LOOKING_AT W32.Klez.C NetStumbling I WILL find you STOP_STEALING_MY_INTERNET F*#k YOU! FBI_AP1 h4x0r3z evening, bitches IP_Freely 2hard4youbitches2guess keepwalking UhaveBeenScanned OhMyGodTheyKilledKennyYouBastard connection dropped BEWAREOFDOG Insert SSID here Area 51 Your wife says I am better than you. notyours System Error: Virus Found TheBeerStore Joinandgetowned hack_me doofnet VodafoneLAB MyHomeNetwork 000D0B14D2E6 TALISH-WIRELESS 39KINNOULROADBARONSCOURT Chatswood Public School zone Ashiato Network vic20 TPW-1 synchronise STUNTZ CTX1_WIRELESS blah
And what’s yours?
mine is “I am the Great Cornholio”
Ours was 404 Page Not Found.
Once I saw “I CAN HEAR YOU HAVING SEX!”
When I was visiting some relatives in Seattle, one of their neighbors was using GetYouOwnWifi.
Here’s some I wouldn’t mind trying:
Wargames SSIDs
David Lightman
Professor Falken
Joshua
Want to play a game?
Can we have pills and cook the corn?
Little friend
Some general SSID’s:
Police
Joe Arpio’s place (should give you some idea where I am)
CIA
NSA
Dreamland
Crystal Palace
Air Force One
Bilderberg Group
Rothschild
Illuminati
Free Masons
Shadow Government
Continuity of Government
Big Brother is Watching You
We got a virus
We’ve been hacked
This is not Bookmans or a coffee shop
Want free wifi? Go to the library.
Multics
Commodore64
TRS-80 Model 1
Apple IIe
Bill Gates hates this place
I once used La Vida Loca as an SSID.
some of my favorites.
Asgard
Massive Dynamic
Unknown error
Cerberus net
Alliance HQ
FUS RO DAH
Mordor, you simply cannot log on here.
Area 51-B
I missed two full days of work because Comcast twice failed to show up within the promised time. That’s a lot of lost money for me. The first time, the Comcast contractors tried to force me to sign a paper saying they were on time.
My first SIID was Comcast Stinks. With the current advertising, I changed the SIID to “Comcast was always hours late.” Just informing the neighbors.
Wait, wut, this place has a blog?
I got a free shell account here back in 200x, and I never even knew!
Anyhow, my SSID contains my url, and my phone number.
Not too funny, but you never know, it might pick up some business.
I’m thinking about changing mine to USE_BACKDOOR.Secured with WPA2.
Thinking about changing mine to USE_BACKDOOR. Network secured with WPA2.
My SSID is (and has been for a while) “stuck in a router, send help!”, before that it was “IDDQD”.
Another funny one is:
FBI Suveillance Van #42
Like so:
http://npoze.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/FBI-surveillance-VAN-0921.jpg
Mine says “Your Cat Clawed My Cushions”.. Someones cat keeps tearing my outdoor cushions to hell… soon it will be “My Dog Ate Your Cat”
These are funnny! i had no idea that you could change them either. Some how i randomly fell upon the site WTFwifi, which also does this. funny site.
people can be so odd….
My friend didn’t even know he could change it. When I told him I could do it for him he insisted I made it “POOHEAD GORILLA GOBLIN”
Just thought I’d share.. Thought it was a pretty hilarious SSID 😛
Good list above tho, thanks 🙂
As a PC geek I setup WiFi for my friends and family and I use: Roadrunner Bytes, My Roadrunner Bytes, Free WiFi,
WTFwifi[dot]com has some good ones too. my favorite was “fat man on the 7th floor is a douche”
although the info on the individual post page for “glory hole” almost made me barf.
“Jesus was a homo” A little something to upset my politically correct neighbours. lol
Guantanamo Bay Holiday Resort (Wireless N)
AIVD Field Office (Wireless G) (AIVD is the dutch FBI)
We’ve deployed:
ARCNET
TOKENRING
And a few similar ones.
When you get someone whose been around a while, the look on their face is priceless.
“Welcome to our conference center. While at the conference, you’ll be able to use the TOKENRING network for Internet access….”
My favourite would be “NO FREE INTERNET FOR YOU ASSHOLE”. But I don’t have WiFi (I don’t even live in a city), so the only thing that’s left is changing my Bluetooth name…you wouldn’t imagine how many phones I find with names like “Nokia 1234” or “SGH-E1310”